Spencer Matthews paid heartfelt tribute to late brother Michael on what would have been his 46th birthday on Monday.
Michael Matthews died at the age of 22 in 1999 while climbing Earth’s highest mountain, after becoming the youngest Brit to ever reach the summit.
Spencer, who reenacted his older brother’s steps on a mission to find his body for his Finding Michael film with Disney+ last year, took to Instagram to mark the occasion.
Alongside a black and white photo of his sibling he wrote: ‘Today would have been my brother Michael’s Birthday, He was an adventurous soul, full of heart and bravery’.
‘We miss him. I hope my kids inherit parts of his kind beautiful nature. Love to you Mike, wherever you are’.
Spencer Matthews paid heartfelt tribute to late brother Michael on what would have been his 46th birthday on Monday
Spencer said he hoped his own children would inherit his older brother’s ‘kind beautiful nature’
Spencer shares Theodore, five, Gigi, three, and two-year-old Otto with wife Vogue Williams.
Last year the Made In Chelsea star shared a sweet snap of his son Otto bearing a striking resemblance his late brother Michael at the same age.
Taking to Instagram he posted the image of his youngest child next to a picture of Michael when he was around 12 months.
Next to the snap Spencer penned: ‘Mike and Otto at similar ages…
‘Apart from Otto’s larger mouth (which he obviously got from Vogue) I’d say they’re pretty similar!
‘I already feel like our kids have some of his kind and adventurous nature.’
Michael’s body has never been recovered and his family have never been able to fully understand what happened to him.
Finding Michael, which is is now streaming on Disney+, shows Spencer’s emotional quest to find his late brother’s body with adventurer Bear Grylls and record-breaking mountaineer Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja.
Brothers: The TV personality was 10 years old when Michael (left next to sibling James) tragically died while climbing Earth’s highest mountain, after becoming the youngest Brit to ever reach the summit
Spencer shares Theodore, five, Gigi, three, and two-year-old Otto with wife Vogue Williams
Last year the Made In Chelsea star shared a sweet snap of his son Otto (right) bearing a striking resemblance his late brother Michael (left) at the same age
During the film, Spencer, who was just 10 years old when his brother died, undertook a ‘gut-wrenching’ mission to climb Everest to find his brother’s body, retracing the ‘exact steps’ his sibling took when he died.
Speaking on The One Show, Spencer said: ‘When Michael went missing, by the time some people realised he was missing, it was too late. Nobody survives the night, really. A couple of cases maybe.’
Michael is said to have got in trouble after beginning to make his way down the south descent through the ‘death zone’ on May 13, 1999, after spending around 20 minutes at the summit.
He was also the brother of Pippa Middleton’s husband, the racing driver turned hedge fund manager James Matthews, 47.
The experienced mountaineer, who had previously conquered Aconcagua, the Pyrenees and the Swiss Alps, was the 162nd person to die on Everest.
Spencer reenacted his older brother’s steps on a mission to find his body for his Finding Michael film with Disney+ last year (pictured)
